Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ha- (up out) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tsʼǫǫd (imperfective stem of root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D, “to stretch”).

Verb edit

haatsʼǫǫd

  1. he/she/it is stretching his/her neck up out (as from a hole), is sticking his/her/its head out to gawk

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person haastsʼǫǫd haiitsʼǫǫd hadeiitsʼǫǫd
2nd person hanitsʼǫǫd haahtsʼǫǫd hadaahtsʼǫǫd
3rd person haatsʼǫǫd hadaatsʼǫǫd
4th person hajitsʼǫǫd hadajitsʼǫǫd
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person háátsʼǫ́ǫ́d haiitsʼǫ́ǫ́d hadasiitsʼǫ́ǫ́d
2nd person háínítsʼǫ́ǫ́d haootsʼǫ́ǫ́d hadasootsʼǫ́ǫ́d
3rd person háátsʼǫ́ǫ́d hadaaztsʼǫ́ǫ́d
4th person hajíítsʼǫ́ǫ́d hadajiztsʼǫ́ǫ́d
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person hadeestsʼǫł hadiitsʼǫł hadadiitsʼǫł
2nd person hadíítsʼǫł hadoohtsʼǫł hadadoohtsʼǫł
3rd person hadootsʼǫł hadadootsʼǫł
4th person hazhdootsʼǫł hadazhdootsʼǫł

Verbal stems edit

  • ITERATIVE: -tsʼǫʼ
  • OPTATIVE: -tsʼǫǫd

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